Meanings
omniscient1
- not comparableHaving total knowledge.
The Abrahamic God is omniscient.
2 more examples
The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
For me, anything is possible. I am omniscient and omnipotent, extremely vain, and, what is more, I come in a handy self-carrying package.
1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 155Synonyms: all-knowing
plural omniscients
- One who has total knowledge.
Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God
1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations
Omniscient2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving total knowledge.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinfinitely wise
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinomnis“all”
- Medieval Latinomnisciens“all-knowing”
- Englishomniscient
From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).
More words from Medieval Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
- بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (bikulli šayʔin ʕalīmun)having total knowledge
Bulgarian всезнаещ
- всезнаещ (vseznaešt)having total knowledge
Catalan omniscient
- omniscienthaving total knowledge
Chinese Mandarin 全知的
- 全知的 (quánzhī de)having total knowledge
Czech vševědoucí
- vševědoucíhaving total knowledge
Danish alvidende
- alvidendehaving total knowledge
Dutch alwetend
- alwetendhaving total knowledge
Esperanto ĉioscia
- ĉiosciahaving total knowledge
Finnish kaikkitietävä
- kaikkitietävähaving total knowledge
French omniscient
- omniscienthaving total knowledge
German allwissend
- allwissendhaving total knowledge
Greek παντογνώστης, πάνσοφος
- παντογνώστης (pantognóstis)having total knowledge
- πάνσοφος (pánsofos)having total knowledge
Hindi अंतर्यामी, सर्वज्ञ
- अंतर्यामी (antaryāmī)having total knowledge
- सर्वज्ञ (sarvajña)having total knowledge
Hungarian mindentudó
- mindentudóhaving total knowledge
Icelandic alvitur
- alviturhaving total knowledge
Indonesian maha tahu
- maha tahuhaving total knowledge
Irish uilefheasach
- uilefheasachhaving total knowledge
Italian onnisciente
- onniscientehaving total knowledge
Japanese 全知の
- 全知の (zenchi no)having total knowledge
Latin omnisciēns
- omnisciēnshaving total knowledge
Norwegian Bokmål allvitende
- allvitendehaving total knowledge
Persian آگاه از همه چیز, ویسپ آگاه
- آگاه از همه چیزhaving total knowledge
- ویسپ آگاه (visp-âgâh)having total knowledge
Polish wszechwiedzący, wszystkowiedzący
- wszechwiedzącyhaving total knowledge
- wszystkowiedzącyhaving total knowledge
Portuguese onisciente
- oniscientehaving total knowledge
Romanian omniscient, atotștiutor
- omniscienthaving total knowledge
- atotștiutorhaving total knowledge
Russian всеве́дущий, всезна́ющий
- всеве́дущий (vsevéduščij)having total knowledge
- всезна́ющий (vseznájuščij)having total knowledge
Slovak vševedúci
- vševedúcihaving total knowledge
Spanish omniscio, omnisciente
- omnisciohaving total knowledge
- omniscientehaving total knowledge
- omnisapientehaving total knowledge
Swedish allvetande
- allvetandehaving total knowledge
Tagalog taluslahat
- taluslahathaving total knowledge
Ukrainian всезна́ючий, всеві́даючий
- всезна́ючий (vseznájučyj)having total knowledge
- всеві́даючий (vsevídajučyj)having total knowledge
Vietnamese toàn tri, nhất thiết trí
- toàn trihaving total knowledge
- nhất thiết tríhaving total knowledge
- chính biến trihaving total knowledge
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with omniscient
Cite this entry
omniscient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omniscient
“omniscient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omniscient. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omniscient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omniscient.
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